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I was thinking about Christmas the other day. It was the middle of July and I was standing on the sidewalk outside our head office and just about to bite into a hotdog when visions of Santa Claus and presents under the tree popped into my head. I know. You’re wondering how these seem-ingly unrelated events could possibly lead to thoughts of Christmas. Well, from where I sit the connection is pretty clear.

Every year the staff at Pacific Coastal Airlines works hard to raise money for a very special cause. We hold bake sales, conduct raffles, and one day each week from July through to September we fire up the barbecue and sell hamburgers and hot-dogs outside the main door at the South Terminal.

Tubesteak Tuesday, as it’s been dubbed by staff and regular visitors, has been op-erating in the same place for about 13 years now. During this time it has become an expected and welcome part of the over-all travel experience for many of our cus-tomers, their friends and families, taxi and shuttle drivers and employees from other local area businesses who regularly stop by to pick up their lunch.

Along with getting a great hot dog at a very good price, they get the added bonus of knowing that they are support-ing a good cause. That’s because all the money collected from this and other events held during the year is used to create a special Christmas experience for families that would otherwise not be able to do so. I know that there are other organizations that do similar things, but I’m proud to say that this initiative is driven and supported by our employees and that’s important to me.

So, just as I was about to bite down on that tasty hot dog in the middle of summer, I thought about Christmas again. It made me smile like it always does and that’s what is so special about it. Maybe Christmas in July isn’t such a random thought after all.

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FEATURES8 Games with Heart

Three communities in the West Kootenays team up for the 2011 Seniors’ Games

11 Stories in RockThe Petroglyphs of Bella Coola

13 End of the RoadCulture and marine beauty combine at the northern tip of Vancouver Island

19 V.I.U.75 years ago a mechanic taught eight students – today it’s a little different

DEPARTMENTS5 Datebook

Things to check out from around the province

15 The Business FileGreat eateries in Williams Lake

21 Employee’s MessageWhat happened to James Laeser’s pants?

22 Plane TeasersSudoku and Crossword

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Butchart Gardens is renowned for the amazing displays of flowers spread over the sculpted landscape of a rehabilitated

quarry located 23 km from Victoria. Covering some 55 acres and started back in 1904, the gardens are top notch by any measure-ment.

Equally impressive, but less well known, are the absolutely astonishing fireworks display put on for 10 Saturday evenings throughout the summer every year.

The fireworks have the usual stunning bursts that light up the sky, but they are similar, in one important way, to the flower beds. The firework’s original architect, Christopher Ross, wanted to do more than provide pretty colours in the night sky. He wanted to offer a thematic spectacle with layers of colour at different levels, much like the gardens themselves.

Graham Bell, Butchart Gardens’ PR representative says, “The

In THE EVEnInG’S lAST lIGHTB.C.’s most spectacular, wand enduring fireworks display is at Victoria’s Butchart Gardens

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fireworks are quite different from what you’d see anywhere else.”It’s a tremendous understatement. The fireworks have themes,

accompanying music and sometimes, quick stories, embedded in the sizzling light displays. The first show I saw, some years ago, showed multiple images of a giant frog that “hopped” across the pond. The pond and surrounding landscape forms centre stage for the displays.

It takes a crew of 10 people six working days to set up each show, making sure every thing is in place including moving pulley systems, the underwater tracking system, the cherry picker used to place fireworks along guide wires and the shots that come out of the water.

Along with the set up of flammables there is the fire suppression spraying done before a show and a careful check the day after for any shots that didn’t ignite.

The end of each show is heralded by a display saying, ‘Good-night Christy.’ Christy was the nickname for Christopher, who was the brother of Robin Clarke the current owner of Butchart Gar-dens. Robin is the granddaughter of Robert and Jennie Butchart, who started the plantings more than a hundred years ago.

Christy came up with the idea for the fireworks, carefully worked out the logistics and choreography for the 20 to 25 minute long shows, 34 years ago back in 1977.

Christy has since passed away, but he left behind a legacy that still thrills thousands and thousands of visitors every year.

Says Bell, “They’re very popular. You can see on those nights, there is a real influx of people.”

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Powell riverBlACkBERRY FESTIVAlAugust 15-19www.powellriverdirect.com/calendarBlackberries are found aplenty on the west coast. They have some of the most wicked thorns around, which is why it is such a treat to find them gathered in huge numbers for easy consumption. Powell River’s big berry party starts when they close off the main street on Friday night and every cook and chef in the area comes up with some delish-dish that blackberry in it. Aside from incred-ible eating there is music, a wine and cheese party and great memories to be made.

CuMberlandCuMBERlAnD AnnuAl MoToRCYClE RounDuPAugust 6-7www.cumberlandmotorcycle roundup.comIf words like Harley or rat bike make your heart beat faster you might want to be in Cumberland, the little village southwest of Courtenay on Vancouver Island in early August. That’s where you’ll be able to caress multitudes of gleaming tanks, gaze lovingly at twins both large and small while looking at old bikes, new bikes and customized bikes.

CaMPbell river44TH AnnuAl SAlMon FESTIVAlAugust 5-7www.crsalmonfestival.comThe Salmon Festival is, oddly enough, a tribute to the prime indus-tries of northern Vancouver Island, starting with forestry and fish-ing. This year the 7th Canadian Championships and the 2nd World Championship of Logger Sports will be held at the Salmon Festival. If watching the loggers compete for the $32,000 prize package isn’t your thing you might want to settle in for the Summer Salmon Sizzler where local chefs present the best oyster appetizers they can concoct. Daily admission is $5.

Port MCneilloRCAFEST 2011August 20The town’s biggest annual festival starts off with a whale of a parade and includes market stalls, a slo-pitch tournament, logger sports and lots of great food.

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williaMs lakeSouTH CARIBoo GARlIC FESTIVAlAugust 27-28www.garlicfestival.caIf you’re friends of the stinking rose make sure you are in Lac la Hache (about 45 minutes south of Williams Lake) come the end of August. There will be every kind of garlic infused food, shopping, the master garlic chef cook off and an answer to all questions about garlic. Face it, with 300 kinds of garlic grown around the world, there’s a lot to know. Admission is $5.

Cranbrook PRo RoDEoAugust 19-21www.cranbrookrodeo.comFor two decades this rodeo has been on the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association’s circuit. Just in case you think you’ve seen it all with trick riders, bareback and saddle bronc riding, how about the “Tough Enough to Wear Pink Day”? Yep pardner, Friday, August 19 is when real men rope ‘em up while wearing hot fuchsia. Come out and see.

trailGolD FEVER FollIESAugust 1-27www.goldfeverfollies.comThis is the 25th year since a group of theater aficionados in Ross-land, just west of Trail, decided to celebrate that town’s gold rush history with a musical revue. History has been brightened up with the frills of music and Cancan dancers. The show runs every Tues-day through Saturday at 3 and 7 pm. Tickets are $10.

west kootenay 2011 BC SEnIoR GAMESAugust 16-20www.2011bcseniorsgames.orgMore than 3,000 participants will descend upon Trail, Nelson and Castlegar to compete in this year’s seniors games in more than 20 different sports. For more details see story this issue.

viCtoriaVICToRIA FRInGE THEATRE FESTIVAlAugust 25 - September 4This year marks the 25th anniversary for the Fringe Festival. Over the course of 10 days visitors can take in 400 performances in 14 different venues. Shows cover off everything from the sublime to the dramatic and feature music, symbolism, physicality, dance and the spoken word. There is also the FringeKids Fest on Saturday, August 27 for the younger set. Some events, like the Birthday Bash in Centennial Square are free, but for most events tickets are $11 each.

Victoria’s Fringe Festival offers up the unusual and thought provoking as these photos of Christina Patterson in Tara Firm and the Luna War Chronicles (above) and two actors in giant masks (below) show

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vanCouverPACIFIC nATIonAl ExHIBITIonAugust 20 - Sept. 5www.pne.caIt is the province’s biggest fall fair with the rides, food, music and all the other festivities you’d expect.

AFRICAn MARkETAugust 27www.cnis.ca/what-we-do/public-engagement-in-canada/african-marketWant to take in a real taste of Africa while helping a good cause? Go to the African Market, an annual event put on by the Canadian Network for International Surgery (CNIS) to entertain and educate yourself. For six hours you can take in performances, food, fashion, products, arts and crafts inspired by Africa while listening to the musical group, the Ubiquitous Rhythms.

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Powell riverSunSHInE MuSIC FESTIVAlSeptember 3-4www.sunshinemusicfest.comOne of the great things about the Sunshine festival is that most other music festivals came and went in July, but here, you have one last great chance to see out the end of summer. The venue is Palm Beach in Powell River, and this is the thirtieth year for the

Sunshine Music Festival where 16 artists will give their all over two days. The varying styles of the balladeers have them offering up every thing from folk to world roots. Weekend pass is $50 or $30 per day.

Danny Michel is one of this year’s performers at the Sunshine Music Festival in Powell River

CourtenayFAll FREAk ouT MounTAIn BIkE FESTIVAlSeptember 3-4www.mountwashington.ca/things-to-do/events-calendar/details/292-fall-freak-out.htmlFor the hard riding mountain bikers there are jumps and races; for spectators there is plenty of excitement as you watch competitors tear through the “year ender bender race” along with good food and drink to keep you entertained. There is also a kids bike race. Girls ride free. This event takes place at the Mt. Washington ski resort, located northwest of Courtenay.

9TH AnnuAl ARTISAnS’ FESTIVAlSeptember 3-5www.harbourliving.ca/event/the-9th-annual-artisans-festival/2011-09-03Situated in the 24-acre Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens located to the north of Courtenay, the outdoor juried art showing focuses on an original works by painters, potters, glass blowers, sculptors, stained glass designers and garden artists.

Port HardyDRAGon BoAT REGATTASeptember 10-11This is only the second year for this particular dragon boat race put on by the Tri Port Dragon Boat Society. Set on Port Hardy’s scenic waterfront there is entertainment, tempting treats, and a benefit auction to keep you occupied between heats.

bella CoolaBEllA CoolA VAllEY FAll FAIRSeptember 11Just what you’d expect, and enjoy, at a small town fall fair situated in beautiful country. There’s food, logger sports, a train ride for the kids along with a dose of sugar in the traditional fall fair package.

williaMs lakeTouR DE CARIBooSeptember 10www.bbswlake.com/tour.htmA one day, 75 km bike ride from Williams Lake to Gavin Lake, which also acts as a fund raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Williams Lake. Last year riders collected $34,000 in pledges while participating as singles or in relay teams. Times are recorded in four categories, men, women and over 50 for men and women. Aside from the required sweat and hard work it is $40 to ride.

viCtoriaGREAT CAnADIAn BEER FESTIVAl 2011September 9-10www.gcbf.comThis year 45 craft breweries from Canada, Belgium and the U.S. will be represented at the festival, which takes place in Royal Athletic Park. Between sips of things like Lug Tread Ale (Beau’s Brewery, Ontario), Black Chocolate Stout (Brooklyn Brewery, New York), Czech Mate (Paddock Wood Brewery, Saskatchewan) and dozens of others, you will be entertained by local acts. It will all be rounded out by great food from many restaurants in the area. Tick-ets are $33.60 or $39.20 including taxes depending on whether you attend the Friday or Saturday, but sales are limited to four per person and can be purchased online only.

vanCouverVAnCouVER InTERnATIonAl FIlM FESTIVAlSeptember 28 - October 14www.viff.org/festivalThe Vancouver film festival is among the five biggest in North America with over 373 films and 148,000 film goers recorded last year. Films from 80 different countries will show up this year at one of the city’s most significant events. If you want to see unique movies that stay away from Hollywood’s typical blockbusters and predictable plots this is the time and place to see them. Single film prices are $10 for matinees and $12 for evening screenings, but significant savings are available to movie goers who buy ticket packs. Popular films will fill up quickly. Listings will be available in mid-August on the website.

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WHY 3 ISn’T A CRoWDWest Kootenay BC Seniors’ games plays on strengths of three host communities

By Devon Brooks

Photos contributed

From August 16 to 20 approximately 3,100 participants aged 55 to 91 will

descend on Trail, nelson and Castlegar for the 2011 BC Seniors’ Games. They will compete in 16 summer games from archery to track & field, plus hockey and ice curling, and seven indoor activities like table tennis, card games of skill and per-form one act plays.

For larger communities putting on games of these sizes is complicated enough, but for smaller towns the logistics are even more challenging. As Maggie Stayano vich, executive director of the Trail & District

The Kootenay Rhythm Dragons strut their stuff as they race down the lake

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Chamber of Commerce puts it, “It’s not every day we get to host a provincial event.”

As you would imagine organizing, put-ting out invitations, arranging for 1,500 volunteers, and coordinating the event be-tween three cities is no small job.

Stayanovich says their contribution to the games is bread and butter for a Cham-ber of Commerce. “It’s a labour of love – there are extra things to do, but that’s what we do.”

It doesn’t hurt that the games should drop an estimated $2.2 million into the regional economy. While youthful games get more attention because of record breaking times seniors’ games are particu-larly coveted sporting events. There tend to be fewer nasty repercussions like riots, but more importantly seniors who compete tend to be financially independent. Rather than handouts or sponsorships to train they are spending on comfortable rooms and good meals.

As Stayanovich notes it is more than the five days of competition. “People are com-ing four days or a week earlier to train for the games.”

When the idea first surfaced it was thought one of the three towns would be the host. Jeannie kim works at kootenay Savings Credit union and is the volunteer media relations person for the games. She says a new idea dawned on them. “our municipal relationship is very, very recipro-cal. We all had a meeting in which we they were trying to support one [community] and they realized, ‘Why can’t we do it all together?’”

It’s not just about the facilities needed for the games themselves. Summer season is peak tourist season and after throwing in the athletes plus their friends, family, media and any spectators that might want to come, any single community could be overwhelmed by accommodation and eat-ing needs.

The three communities are close enough to make it all work. Trail is 26 kilometres from Castlegar, which in turn is another 43 kilometres – about a half hour drive – from nelson.

Sporting facilities were split up across the three towns depending on which made the most sense. nelson, the only commu-nity on a lake, got dragon boating, but there was one other consideration says kim. “What made sense was to make it work for the athlete because about half of them do three events.”

For local athletes the games are a big

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deal. Phyllis Dolgopol is a 65-year-old tennis player from Castlegar. This is her second time in the BC Seniors’ Games. Asked about her skill level Dolgopol says, “I hold my own. I’m not an extreme player or an expert.”

Two years ago, going to the Richmond games Dolgopol won-dered whether she was a big fish in a small pond. She admits, “My first singles match in Richmond was against the gold medal winner and I was really anxious.”

Dolgopol lost the set, but says she wasn’t trounced, just beaten fair and square. She says, “I was really worried about going from the Castlegar tournament to the city games, but I felt that I could hold my own.”

Mary Walters is a dragon boater with the kootenay Rhythm Dragons in nelson. This is the 62-year-old’s first time in the se-niors’ games, and a first for the town. She says, “This is the first time we’ve had dragon boating [competitions] in nelson.”

Walters is excited to be racing on home waters. “I’m a hard, fast paddler. I’m in the engine of the boat.” She adds, “I’ve never been competitive, but it’s pretty hard not to be when you’re doing well – you can lose by hundredths of a second.”

Although Walters and Dolgopol are in entirely different sports they seem to have the same attitude. As Dolgopol says, “I play for fun, but I like to win. I try not to let winning get in the way of enjoy-ing the game.”

kim says that’s another beauty of the seniors games, where ego seems to be taking a back seat to the fun and camaraderie of the event. She observes, “A lot of the athletes have been doing this for years, so for a lot of them, it’s like a reunion.”

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on the central coast of B.C., Bella Coola is the homeland and territory of the nuxalk people. The self-proclaimed “salmon

people of the rainforest” continue on with their ever-present pot-latch society, which includes a distinctive style of artistic expres-sion.

Hosted by hereditary chiefs, potlatches are special feasts and festivities organized to celebrate significant events such as births, memorials, marriages, recognition of hereditary chief titles, to in-duct new members into various societies and the affirmation of ancestral names. The feasts always include some type of salmon and the men, women and children participate in cultural dances, which are both celebration and a means to retell old stories with the aid of songs and masks.

You need not wait for an invitation to a potlatch to learn more about nuxalk artwork. In the Bella Coola town site, stands an an-tiquated standing cedar pole that served as a door portal to an old community building known as the House of noomnst.

Driving out of Bella Coola along Highway 20, keep your eye out for the Acwsalcta school. Its design is traditionally inspired, in-dicative of the cultural teachings and nuxalk language that are an integral part of the school curriculum.

out front, you’ll notice a totem pole completed by students and nuxalk master carver Alan Mack. The pole was raised in 2007 as part of the twentieth anniversary celebration of the nuxalk school.

Venturing even further down the road you’ll come across Petro-glyph Gallery, located at 4 Mile, about six kilometers from the Bella Coola Airport. Gallery owner Sylvia Bradt, also known by her nuxalk name Sinu7ximus, founded her business with two goals in mind: to educate people about the culture of northwest Coast Peoples and to feature authentic First nations art.

Proud of the distinctive style of the local artists, both Sylvia and her husband Mark keep their store very nuxalk-centric. Virtually all the carvings, masks and wall plaques featured in the gallery are from nuxalk artists and the jewelry is also locally created. You can immerse in contemporary nuxalk artistic expression or you can

nuxAlk ART BoTH nEW AnD AnCIEnTBy Racelle Kooy

book a tour to see what the nuxalk ancestors created many mil-lennia ago at the Thorsen Creek Petroglyph site. The gallery was named in recognition of its location, next to the head of the trail that leads to the petroglyph site.

The 70 plus petroglyphs have fallen from a cliff face and are nestled in the forest floor among the cedar and Douglas fir roots. Well documented, archeologists date the petroglyphs back at least 3,500 years. The rock has been deeply grooved with depictions of human faces, frogs, fish and geometric patterns. As the nuxalk consider the site sacred, it is highly recommended you visit the site accompanied by a nuxalk guide. Additionally, the local guide will enrich your experience with a first hand accounting of the signifi-cance of the ancient rock etchings.

learn more about the nuxalk nation: www.nuxalknation.org

to purchase nuxalk artwork or to book a tour to the petro-glyphs with a nuxalk guide: www.petroglyphgallery.com

for more information about Bella Coola: www.bellacoola.ca

to get there:Bella Coola sits at the at the mouth of the Bella Coola River,

approximately 430 km northwest of Vancouver, a quick 90 minute flight with Pacific Coastal from Vancouver South Terminal

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An opalescent nudibranch floats across a bed of red soft coral

Photo by Jackie hildering - themarinedetective.ca

novels have been written about adventures at the end of the road, like those at the northern tip of Vancouver Island where

the road stops and nature, culture and adventure persuade travel-ers to try something new. In Port Hardy, Telegraph Cove and Port Mcneill you’ll find opportunity to explore a coastline and people like nowhere else.

AMonG THE WAVESThe mighty orca is a visual touchstone for the waters off of Van-

couver Island. Stubbs Island Whale Watching, the longest operating ‘whale tour’ excursion company in British Columbia, is located in Tele-graph Cove. The company operates two vessels whose experienced captains take passengers around the local waters in search of the resident orca pod.

The lukwa, a 60 foot aluminum vessel, comfortably holds up to 49 passengers with a heated cabin on board, plus outdoor view-ing areas. The creature comforts for humans (including a head) number intriguing extras like a fully functional hydrophone. The hy-drophone is used to find, identify and eavesdrop on the orca pods and make the tour a must do event.

Stubbs Island is extremely conscientious of the environment. “We believe the tours should be both whale watching and educa-tional,” says co-owner, Roger McDonell. “We have trained natural-ists on board and believe no question should go unanswered.”

The Stubbs Island Whale Watching company schedule includes a morning and afternoon sailing and McDonell recommends reser-vations, especially for the afternoon outing. He says, “There is not really a better time of day to see the whales.”

McDonell explains that recently they have sighted Minke whales, one rare gray whale, Pacific white-sided dolphins and humpbacks.

The primary sight in the area is the population of fish-eating (mainly salmon) orca, also known as the “northern residents.” There are about 265 whales in the populations, among which individual family groups can be identified with the hydrophone. There are also sightings of the much stealthier mammal-eating population of orca, known as “transients.”

Stubbs Island Whale Watching supports research through reporting their sightings (or lack thereof) on a daily basis. Their active Facebook page has photos from each tour for their guests to download.

To round out the day at Telegraph Cove, stop by the Whale Inter-pretive Centre. Explore whale and other marine mammal skeletons to gain a deeper understanding of the ecosystem you journeyed through.

InTo THE DEEPIn the Queen Charlotte Straight, sandwiched between the Go-

letas Channel and the Gordon Channel, on Hurst Island along the shoreline of Christie Passage is God’s Pocket Resort. The charm-ing cabins owned by Bill Weeks and Annie Ceschi provide a warm welcome to guests, but the action is beneath the waves. The ma-rine waters of northern Vancouver Island have the reputation of being one of the top cold water scuba dive locations in the world and God’s Pocket is at the epicenter of this diving paradise.

To arrive at this diving nirvana, you are picked up by Bill by ar-rangement at Port Hardy, typically as part of a group. Then it is a 45 minute journey by boat to the resort.

The diverse, teeming world under the waves must be experi-enced to be believed, says Annie.

“Honestly it is another world. The first time you go down you feel like a visitor. Most people have no idea there is so much life and colour beneath the water. There is almost more colour than the tropics; it is so beautiful and so prolific you can hardly believe it.”

God’s Pocket operates a 40 foot dive boat, which typically stays out for two dives. Divers must have certification prior to arriving at God’s Pocket and gear they are comfortable in. Most people dive in a dry suit, says Annie, because it is imperative divers have the proper gear to keep their body core warm.

God’s Pocket is in the middle of a provincial marine park that goes by the same name. During the summer season, the resort is kept hopping with visiting kayakers and boaters looking for

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By Bobbi-Sue Menard

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An orca (killer whale) pod

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moorage. kayaking is also popular if diving is not your preference. Plenty of enjoyable time can be spent exploring the park by kayak with God’s Pocket Resort as your home base.

“We’re isolated, but during the season we are quite busy,” says Annie.

“The world comes to our door.”

THE GloBAl VIllAGEleave the road behind at Port Mcneill and take the ferry to

Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, where you will find the u’mista Cultural Centre. This loving expression and collection of the kwakwaka’wakw First nation’s culture has drawn international at-tention.

“our collection is world famous; the potlatch collection is world class,” explains Sarah Elizabeth Holland, executive director of the u’mista Cultural Centre. “u’mista shows the strength of these peo-ple in the face of systemic oppression.”

For the summer of 2011 u’mista has partnered with the Dres-den State Art Collection to create a shared, groundbreaking cul-tural experience unlike any other. The stated goal is to ‘...bring their respective communities collections of artifacts illustrating the gift-giving rituals and ceremonies of the kwakwaka’wakw First nations and the German aristocracy.”

So native artifacts are on display in Europe while Germanic treasures have found their way to the kwakwaka’wakw Alert Bay building.

Holland admits the juxtaposition of tiny, remote Alert Bay, B.C. and Dresden, Germany is startling at first, but it is also exhilarating through and through. “People are dazzled by what they see. In our community no-one has seen anything like this; all of the bejew-eled pieces. one of the great outcomes is a sense of wonder and discovery.”

The show, called ‘The Power of Giving,’ runs until August 28.

GETTInG To THE EnD oF THE RoADPacific Coastal has flights to both Port Hardy and Port Mcneill.

once there the geographic area is manageable with a car rental. Port Hardy is the most northern of the three communities in this

story, with God’s Pocket on Hurst Island to the north. Port Mcneill is 43 km to the south of Port Hardy, a 50 minute drive on Hwy 19. Continue traveling south along Highway 19 and follow the signs to reach Telegraph Cove, 23 km away, a 45 minute drive.

In addition to activities listed above hiking, boating, kayaking, and cultural opportunities abound in the region. Another of the big tourist draws is sport salmon fishing. Waters in the region support fantastic opportunities for hooking a salmon that will keep your fishing story alive for decades.

U’mista photos contributedDresden State Art museum photo contributed

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all marine Photos by Jackie hildering - themarinedetective.ca

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Finding a good restaurant when you are on the road can be somewhat hit and miss. When one thinks of food and Williams

lake, probably the first thing that comes to mind is steaks and burgers – after all this is cowboy country, but there is a lot more. There are some 50 restaurants, cafés, bistros and pubs to satisfy every type of food craving and dietary need.

There are of course all the well known franchise restaurants like Boston Pizza, Denny’s and Tim Hortons. For others, there is the tried and true pub fare like that at the Red Dog Roadhouse or the laughing loon.

For those looking for something unique, after a bit of searching, we’ve found two rather unique restaurants for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Both cater to families, couples, or the single traveler.

Two young patrons enjoy the High Tea experience at Thyme for Tea in 150 Mile House

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The unpretentious entrance to the Gecko Tree fails to convey the subtlety of its culinary achievements

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This cozy and funky restaurant has good views over the valley from the storefront tables. Should you be lucky enough to be in town when live music is being offered, you’ll be able to enjoy a deliciously healthy dinner even as you are entertained by eclectic local musicians.

This old building has an unusual, hippie-esque charm. The inte-rior of the restaurant often features a rotating collection of local art on the walls. If you see something you like, it’s probably for sale. For those who just want a cup of coffee or tea and a decadent snack, this is the place to go.

owner Crystal Baba has owned the Gecko Tree for 12 years now and thoroughly loves what she does, as is evident in the ambi-ance of the restaurant. She works hard to include as much local produce in her restaurant as possible.

The Gecko Tree is open from 7:30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday and 9 am to 4 pm on Sundays. Reservations are not required.

Should you like tea and all things made from scratch you must go under the Yellow umbrella at Thyme for Tea on Highway 97 in 150 Mile House, about 10 minutes from Williams lake. The tea shop and gift store, owned by linda and norm Symynuk, was truly started from scratch when norm won $50,000 on a ‘scratch-and-win’ he found in his Christmas stocking.

Their good fortune can become your afternoon delight if you settle in to its old English cottage feel and order High Tea. High Tea in north America, unlike its traditional English cousin, means tea served with snacks like scones and finger sandwiches.

Tea here is properly made and impeccably served, complete with honey and a dipper, lemon wedges, and tongs for the sugar cubes. High Tea includes timeless favourites like scones with preserves and Devonshire cream.

The Duchess Tea for Two comes with dainty sandwiches and a tray of goodies made especially for you. They also do a special tray for kids 10 and under called the Mad Hatter. It has custom-made sandwiches (even peanut butter and jam if they want), veg-gie sticks, fun teas, lemonade, treats and a toy.

Should you require something a bit more substantial in your tummy; they have that too. locals rave about the home made soups and desserts that are prepared daily. They also create deli-cious quiche, pot pies, salads, and a large selection of sandwiches. After you’ve eaten, be sure to take a look around their gift shop, which has a little bit of everything in it from kitchen wares to home décor, knick knacks and tea accessories.

The restaurant is open from 10 am to 4 pm seven days a week and reservations are not required.

Music and atmosphere are as much a part of the Gecko Tree experience as the great food

our first pick is The Gecko Tree, situated in downtown Williams lake on Mackenzie Avenue north. This popular little spot appeals to health-minded travelers and locals alike. At one time it catered only to vegetarians, but now locally grown organic chicken has found its way on to the menu.

The Gecko Tree accommodates all dietary styles from omni-vores to herbivores and is considered by most to be one of the best casual restaurants in town. The eight-page menu is extensive, of-fering a wide range of organic, vegan, vegetarian and whole grain goodies. You can sample traditional favourites like huevos ranche-ros and quesadilla or try a more exotic cranberry pecan salad or the mysterious ‘bubbles and squeak’.

Desserts are made on site as are all sauces, salad dressings, baked goods and soups. They also offer gluten free options for those who request it.

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Thyme for Tea projects a relaxed country style ambience both inside and outside

Gecko Tree photos contributed by Crystal Baba

Thyme for Tea Photos by Lisa Bowering

One of Gecko Tree’s decadent desserts

Luncheon fare at Thyme for Tea

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like so many things it is easy to take for granted the companies that serve

us day to day. So it is when we consider Pacific Coastal Airlines, but Jack Scho-field’s book, A Pilot’s Journey log.

Schofield chronicles how Daryl Smith, father of current day PCA president Quentin Smith, started out as a logger and trucker, made an abrupt switch to a bush pilot and slowly grew a business and his own commercial skills.

It was not a smooth or unbroken jour-ney. It had false starts, side trails and lots of curves from recession, fall outs with partners, government obstruction and a steep learning curve.

lavishly illustrated with many pho-tos undoubtedly scooped from various family albums, the story can be bro-ken, roughly speaking into three parts.

The first tells why Daryl jumped from his father’s profession in the logging industry to flying in 1964 and how he slowly built a business in coastal flying. At first his time was divided between servicing industrial logging or mining sites, deal-ing with emergency situations like forest fire spotting or whisking gravely sick residents from tiny communities to Vancouver hos-pitals and escorting happy tourists to and from parks and fishing lodges.

This part of Smith’s aviation career follows anything but a straight line. He founded his first company with a partner, but a few years later they parted ways. Smith moved back and forth on the coast with one foray into the interior at Quesnel, but Smith quickly realized his heart lay near to the ocean.

Despite the distances covered by Smith and his flying buddies, the aviation business world was fairly small. In the big leagues that overshadowed Smith and his bush plane competitors, Air Canada, long protected by parliament was being squeezed by CP Air. It re-sulted in decisions by the big boys to buy, or squeeze out, most of the small operators and organize them into regional feeder airlines.

By the 1980s Jimmy Pattison and his right hand man, Iain Harris were running AirBC, which was put together from six other small airlines. Eventually AirBC became the feeder airline for CP Air, which worked out well until Air Canada bought out AirBC,

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when it became the feeder for Air Canada. Smith meanwhile had struggled on through the nasty reces-

sion of the early ‘80s on his own until Harris, still with AirBC, ap-proached him about forming a new airline company. Smith became a partner in the newly fashioned Pacific Coastal Airlines, which became a feeder for AirBC and thus, Air Canada.

unfortunately CP Air over reached itself, going bankrupt in 1999. At that point Air Canada took over CP’s assets and cut ties to Pacific Coastal. Fortunately Pacific Coastal had had enough time to build up a secure base, which, combined with the deregula-tion of air routes, allowed it to strike out on its own as a fully formed airlines. There is little emphasis on this transition, but it must have been a bit unnerving. However he felt Smith rose to the occasion, successfully transitioning and growing his airline.

The first decade of this century saw the transformation of Daryl Smith to an industry advocate and his slow withdrawal from the day to day running of the airlines, which was taken over by his capable children.

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The epitome of whimsy and myth, the artistic collaboration of ken Blackburn and Bill Henderson, is now suspended from the

ceiling of the Campbell River Airport.

The airport installation showcases the fierce mythical power of the Thunderbird, with his flashing eyes, razor sharp curved beak, distinctive horns and outstretched wings.

The Thunderbird’s powerful renown is surprisingly juxtaposed as a playful depiction on a giant paper airplane.

ken Blackburn relates: “Paper airplanes have fascinated every-one since childhood. For many they were the first toys one learned to make themselves and the ‘magic’ of seeing them actually fly provided hours of fun and competition. They got many bored stu-dents through dull classes, having classic designs modified and altered in whimsical ways.”

Bill Henderson, a kwakwaka’wakw master carver, is better known for his work in cedar: totem poles, masks, talking sticks, bowls, canoes and paddles. For this project he set down his carv-ing knives and moved to an unexpected medium – aluminum. He teamed up with Blackburn, who works with a range of materials for the project.

Blackburn says he is always seeking the “voice that resides within” any artistic process.

This time the voice spoke out through an aluminum rendition of a paper airplane featuring a kwakwaka’wakw Thunderbird motif that Henderson designed specifically to follow the angles of the folded plane.

The artists painted the motif in traditional kwakwaka’wakw colours.

The airplane is a strong machine to host the Thunderbird, flying high above the land and roaring with the sound of thunder!

From the artwork submission The Museum at Campbell River features Bill Henderson’s work

on permanent exhibit: www.crmuseum.ca

THunDERBIRD TAkES WInG AT THE CAMPBEll RIVER AIRPoRT

Bill Henderson and Ken Blackburn with their Thunderbird airplane creation just before it is hoisted to the ceiling at the Campbell River Airport

By Racelle Kooy

Photos by brian fidler of Zinc Pr

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It was 1936 and Canada was deep in recession. In the West oil had yet to be discovered, disastrous wheat crops and low re-

source prices all combined to crush the economy. In a time when the provinces were more open to federal involvement money was put in to help Jack Macready train eight young men in the field of auto mechanics. He taught in a shed turned into a classroom and it was called the Dominion-Provincial Youth Training Centre.

There was no way Macready could envision that from these be-ginnings and his determination Vancouver Island university (VIu) would one day emerge.

During World War II the focus switched from fixing automobiles to tank maintenance. When peacetime returned in the ‘50s so did the emphasis on repairing cars and trucks but along with that

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MECHAnICS & CHAnCElloRSHow Vancouver Island University grew from eight students to 20,000

came new opportunities in heavy-duty mechanics for resource in-dustries. In 1959 the federal government bowed out, and the name was changed to the BC Vocational Training School, nanaimo.

The next decade saw a continued expansion of programs to in-clude diamond drilling and dental hygiene, but in response to a desire for more academic training, Malaspina College was created in 1969 under the auspices of the first president, Dr. Carl opgaard. The college had 680 students, nearly a hundred fold larger than Macready’s first class.

The ‘70s saw the Vocational Training School merge with Mala-spina, becoming the Malaspina College Vocational and Techni-cal Institute. To serve the north island and Sunshine Coast new

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This rendition of the VIU campus master plan, set out in 2009 couldn’t be more amazing when compared to the original structures used when the school was founded in 1936

Photos courtesy of vancouver island university

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campuses opened up in Powell River, Parksville and the Cowichan Valley. The geography department built the first satellite receiving station at any college in Canada.

During the 1980s Malaspina was designated a university-col-lege and it began closer cooperation with the university of Victoria. Registered nurse programs started up.

The final 10 years of the 20th century brought awards for sus-tainable practices and the right to grant its own degrees. one of the first degrees was a Bachelor of Arts in First nations Studies.

In the 2000s Malaspina took on its most recent incarnation as Vancouver Island university.

It is unique in that it retains a foot in the trades and academia. Dr. Ralph nilson oversees the new operations while Chief

Shawn Atleo, who is also the national Chief of the Assembly of First nations, became the university’s first chancellor.

During this period there were several physical expansions in-cluding the main library, a Centre for International Education and the Centre for Shellfish Research.

While the university is celebrating an amazing 75 years, nilson lives as much in the future as he does in the present. He believes VIu’s success is a combination of past traditions, tie ins to the local economy and a strong vision.

Many universities have their roots in trade programs, but few keep them once they become degree granting academic institu-tions. nilson says, “We’ve still got our trades and technical pro-grams and we are clinging to those.”

one of the reasons for that is the advantages of combining skill sets. When the shellfish research centre was planned, the need for a boat was obvious. nilson says instead of contracting the boat out to shipyards in Vancouver or elsewhere, VIu turned to its own welding and aluminum boat building students.

The result is the 40’ Chet lo, an aboriginal word that means oyster. He says the pontoon boat “is like a floating classroom.”

The shellfish research centre, which was the first lEEDS plati-num certified (lEEDS refers to standards of sustainability in archi-tecture and building operation) building on a university in Canada, includes a training kitchen for students in the culinary program.

Similarly nilson says, “VIu is very much aware of and tied to the economic prosperity of Vancouver Island.” He explains, “There is as much learning going on outside our classrooms as in because of interaction with our communities.”

The significant First nations population is an essential part of those communities and it’s reflected in the student population. nil-son points out, “We have the largest number of aboriginal students of any university in British Columbia. The opportunities are abso-lutely exceptional for First nations’ students.”

VIu has 20,000 students of which 2,000 are First nations and 1,600 international students. Many First nations students are in the First na-tions Studies program, but nilson says they are scattered across the university in every program.

The university of B.C. operates a business ex-cellence program called Chinook of which 13 out of a total of 30 currently are VIu graduates. That success rate is something nilson is particularly proud of.

The strength of the university isn’t in one pro-gram, but rather in the sum of what it can do for its constituents, including both those who are in and out of the classroom. There are obvious benefits like the $55 million put into buildings on various campuses in the past couple of years and the 2,300 jobs that VIu provides, but the greater benefit is the annual payment of students and knowledge into Vancouver Island communities. nilson says, “I once heard a colleague say your technical transfer is your students.”

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The Deep Bay Marine Field Station, located in Deep Bay, is a new LEEDS certified research facility, and part of VIU’s Centre for Shellfish Research

The VIU research boat is a marriage between the VIU trades that built the boat and the shellfish research team that uses it

Chancellor Shawn Atleo (left) is the son of David Atleo, who pushed for the creation of the First Nations Studies at VIU. Next to Shawn is a recent graduate and President Ralph Nilson

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The next time you touch down at Pacific Coastal’s terminal in Vancouver you might want to glance

out the window at the crew coming to look after your plane. If you see a guy wearing shorts, even though your plane is touching down in the midst of a driving rain storm in February, you should wave hello to James laeser.

The self-professed health and hockey fan wears shorts all year round, no matter the weather. laeser explains, “It started with a bet in 2002 to see how long you could go without wearing pants.” He won the bet – nine years ago, but he’s not taking any chances.

At the time he was a ramp agent, but since then he’s been promoted twice.

Ground crews, known as the ramp crews in airline lingo, are the people who look after pretty much ev-erything to do with the plane, except as laeser puts it, flying it and fixing it.

A couple of years later laeser was promoted to lead hand. The lead hand directs the ground crew, which is responsible for about a dozen planes making 60 to 100 flights a day coming and going from PCA’s main terminal in Vancouver.

Planes coming in have to be directed, fueled, have routine checks on fluids, de-icing, baggage loaded and unloaded along with other supplies for the plane, and towed to the maintenance sheds. The lead hand must figure out where people need to be, and when, as every day unfolds. He says, “It’s almost a chess game where you have to plan where your pieces are.”

Today laeser is the trainer for the company’s 35 ramp staff.

What makes the job great, he says, is the feeling of belonging. “I like being with people and here you have a family feeling. If you work hard at Pacific Coastal you will do well.”

laeser tries to give the ramp crews that sense of family, the way his managers make him feel it. He singles out two of his immediate supervisors, Jonathan, the safety manager, and Ron, his immediate boss, for allowing him to expand and improve on the job.

He believes in spreading that positive approach around through encouragement and coaching. With people aged 18 to 60 on his crews, laeser says he has quickly learned that “everyone learns differently and fits in differently.”

HE’S GoT no PAnTS, BuT THE BEST JoB

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Name: James LaeserPosition: Trainer for Ground Operations

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